[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @victordascencao Victor de Ascenção Victor de Ascenção posts on X about south africa, money, how did, exit the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1367827548/interactions)  - X Week XXXXX +271% - X Month XXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1367827548/posts_active)  ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1367827548/followers)  - X Week XXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1367827548/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1367827548/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) **Social topic influence** [south africa](/topic/south-africa) #1974, [money](/topic/money), [how did](/topic/how-did), [exit](/topic/exit) #497, [istanbul](/topic/istanbul), [investment](/topic/investment), [turkey](/topic/turkey), [gamble](/topic/gamble), [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin), [government spending](/topic/government-spending) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1367827548/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "In politics President Ramaphosa expressed optimism about recent appointments to the National Dialogue steering committee calling them pivotal to stabilizing the dialogue process" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979458640710111419) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-18T08:04Z 1320 followers, XX engagements "South Africa at Trkiye-Africa Business & Economic Forum On XX October South Africa presented its country profile at the Trkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum in Istanbul showcasing trade investment and cooperation opportunities between Turkey and African nations" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979460841373073592) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-18T08:13Z 1319 followers, XX engagements "How did we get here This is what South African airports look like now. South Africans spent R1.5 TRILLION on gambling last year. XX% are gambling to pay rent and school fees. XX% gamble to "supplement income" not for fun. XX% unemployment rate. XX% problem gambling rate. The industry is profiting off desperation while families collapse. This isn't entertainment. It's exploitation dressed up in bright colors and big promises. A public health crisis unfolding in real-time advertised everywhere from airports to Home Affairs offices" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979544610897600934) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-18T13:46Z 1321 followers, XX engagements "So Block is a bitcoin company not a crypto company" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979903973558510035) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-19T13:34Z 1319 followers, XXX engagements "AWS exit tax" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979905752748765580) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-19T13:41Z 1319 followers, XX engagements "@amritwt AWS exit tax" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979906309286728156) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-19T13:43Z 1319 followers, 1295 engagements "Thats incorrect. Zimbabwes hyperinflation was directly caused by the Reserve Bank printing money to fund government spending - war costs farm seizures and budget deficits. They printed Z$100 trillion notes. Their dollar-denominated debt came later after the currency had already collapsed. South Africa has a sophisticated financial system which means money printing would destroy our banking sector pensions and savings even faster" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979972976754741671) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-19T18:08Z 1319 followers, XX engagements "This is the Cape Town and Durban Airports right now" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1980580010433163305) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-21T10:20Z 1319 followers, XX engagements "The Reserve Bank printing money to fund this would destroy the rand and trigger hyperinflation. Ask Zimbabweans how that worked out they're still recovering from that exact experiment. We don't have a reserve currency like the US so printing money here means economic collapse not free infrastructure" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979966539529896441) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-19T17:43Z 1319 followers, XXX engagements "R2 XXX XXX XXX stolen from Thembisa Hospital. The whistleblower who exposed it - Babita Deokaran - was assassinated. The CEO and CFO Disciplinary hearings. Pension payouts. No jail time. Hospital now at XX% staff capacity. And THIS is the result. South Africa isnt broken. Its being looted while people die" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1980577925591105586) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-21T10:12Z 1319 followers, XX engagements "EXCLUSIVE: For the past five years most major Lotto & PowerBall jackpots in South Africa have been won via just two banking apps FNB and Absa. There are no public records of Division X winners from Capitec Nedbank TymeBank retail tills or the National Lottery website in this period. Jackpot record (20202025): XX Apr XX R135.4m PowerBall FNB app XX Jul XX R153.5m PowerBall Plus Standard Bank app (only outlier) XX Jul XX R31.4m PowerBall FNB app XX Jul XX R158.0m PowerBall Absa app XX Feb XX R167.3m PowerBall FNB app XX May XX R126.6m PowerBall Banking app (undisclosed) XX Apr XX R94.0m" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1953131479254339594) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-08-06T16:30Z 1319 followers, 774.1K engagements "South African founders face a paradox: they have world-class talent at 1/3 the cost but cant access the capital markets that would let them compete globally. So the best options are either: - Build for SA problems (payments logistics energy) - huge TAM but hard to scale to VC returns - Build globally remote companies - venture scale but youre competing with SF on hard mode. - Get acquired early by companies who realize SA engineering is arbitrage The tragic part The infrastructure problems that make SA hard to operate in (load shedding payments logistics) are exactly the problems with" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1979919596355539100) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-19T14:36Z 1319 followers, XX engagements "THE SOUTH AFRICAN GAMBLING CRISIS.🚨 South Africans spent R1.5 TRILLION on gambling this year. Thats R4 BILLION every single DAY. XX% of gamblers Grant recipients betting with government money. This is economic desperation packaged as entertainment" [X Link](https://x.com/victordascencao/status/1980580325559529497) [@victordascencao](/creator/x/victordascencao) 2025-10-21T10:22Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
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@victordascencao Victor de Ascenção
Victor de Ascenção posts on X about south africa, money, how did, exit the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXX #
- X Week XXXXX +271%
- X Month XXXXX -XX%
Mentions: XX #
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX -XXXX%
- X Month XXXXX -XXXX%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence finance countries travel destinations technology brands cryptocurrencies
Social topic influence south africa #1974, money, how did, exit #497, istanbul, investment, turkey, gamble, bitcoin, government spending
Top assets mentioned Bitcoin (BTC)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"In politics President Ramaphosa expressed optimism about recent appointments to the National Dialogue steering committee calling them pivotal to stabilizing the dialogue process"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-18T08:04Z 1320 followers, XX engagements
"South Africa at Trkiye-Africa Business & Economic Forum On XX October South Africa presented its country profile at the Trkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum in Istanbul showcasing trade investment and cooperation opportunities between Turkey and African nations"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-18T08:13Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
"How did we get here This is what South African airports look like now. South Africans spent R1.5 TRILLION on gambling last year. XX% are gambling to pay rent and school fees. XX% gamble to "supplement income" not for fun. XX% unemployment rate. XX% problem gambling rate. The industry is profiting off desperation while families collapse. This isn't entertainment. It's exploitation dressed up in bright colors and big promises. A public health crisis unfolding in real-time advertised everywhere from airports to Home Affairs offices"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-18T13:46Z 1321 followers, XX engagements
"So Block is a bitcoin company not a crypto company"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-19T13:34Z 1319 followers, XXX engagements
"AWS exit tax"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-19T13:41Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
"@amritwt AWS exit tax"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-19T13:43Z 1319 followers, 1295 engagements
"Thats incorrect. Zimbabwes hyperinflation was directly caused by the Reserve Bank printing money to fund government spending - war costs farm seizures and budget deficits. They printed Z$100 trillion notes. Their dollar-denominated debt came later after the currency had already collapsed. South Africa has a sophisticated financial system which means money printing would destroy our banking sector pensions and savings even faster"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-19T18:08Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
"This is the Cape Town and Durban Airports right now"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-21T10:20Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
"The Reserve Bank printing money to fund this would destroy the rand and trigger hyperinflation. Ask Zimbabweans how that worked out they're still recovering from that exact experiment. We don't have a reserve currency like the US so printing money here means economic collapse not free infrastructure"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-19T17:43Z 1319 followers, XXX engagements
"R2 XXX XXX XXX stolen from Thembisa Hospital. The whistleblower who exposed it - Babita Deokaran - was assassinated. The CEO and CFO Disciplinary hearings. Pension payouts. No jail time. Hospital now at XX% staff capacity. And THIS is the result. South Africa isnt broken. Its being looted while people die"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-21T10:12Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
"EXCLUSIVE: For the past five years most major Lotto & PowerBall jackpots in South Africa have been won via just two banking apps FNB and Absa. There are no public records of Division X winners from Capitec Nedbank TymeBank retail tills or the National Lottery website in this period. Jackpot record (20202025): XX Apr XX R135.4m PowerBall FNB app XX Jul XX R153.5m PowerBall Plus Standard Bank app (only outlier) XX Jul XX R31.4m PowerBall FNB app XX Jul XX R158.0m PowerBall Absa app XX Feb XX R167.3m PowerBall FNB app XX May XX R126.6m PowerBall Banking app (undisclosed) XX Apr XX R94.0m"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-08-06T16:30Z 1319 followers, 774.1K engagements
"South African founders face a paradox: they have world-class talent at 1/3 the cost but cant access the capital markets that would let them compete globally. So the best options are either: - Build for SA problems (payments logistics energy) - huge TAM but hard to scale to VC returns - Build globally remote companies - venture scale but youre competing with SF on hard mode. - Get acquired early by companies who realize SA engineering is arbitrage The tragic part The infrastructure problems that make SA hard to operate in (load shedding payments logistics) are exactly the problems with"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-19T14:36Z 1319 followers, XX engagements
"THE SOUTH AFRICAN GAMBLING CRISIS.🚨 South Africans spent R1.5 TRILLION on gambling this year. Thats R4 BILLION every single DAY. XX% of gamblers Grant recipients betting with government money. This is economic desperation packaged as entertainment"
X Link @victordascencao 2025-10-21T10:22Z 1319 followers, XX engagements